Diocese of Brno
Brunen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Brno, Czechia
Latin Church diocese in Moravia, Czech Republic, established on 5 December 1777. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Olomouc and led by Bishop Pavel Konzbul, appointed in 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 December 1777
- Latin
- Brunen(sis)
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001000959
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 551,900
- Population
- 1,400,000
- Catholic share
- 39.4%
- Priests
- 311
- Catholics per priest
- 1,775
- Extent
- 10,597 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 52
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Pavel Konzbul
- Born
- 17 October 1965
- Birthplace
- Brno-Juliánov
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul stands in Brno, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Olomouc
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Olomouc.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OlomoucOlomouc
- Diocese of Ostrava-OpavaOstrava-Opava
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Brno, in the Czech Republic, is the seat of this Latin diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Brunensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Olomouc.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].